In 1936, Maria and family friend Monsignor Franz Matthias Wasner he died age 86 on 21-06-1992, began the Trapp Family Singers, and they soon became well known when they received high honours at the 1936 Salzburg Music Festival. During the Great Depression, when the family business failed, Georg started a chicken farm to support his family. They lived in his mansion Schloss Leopoldskron along the river Salzach. The Captain’s first wife, Agathe Whitehead, had died of scarlet fever in 1922. Two years later, Rosemarie was born, and in 1931, Eleonore was born. In 1924, she entered the Nonnberg Benedictine Convent intending to become a nun, but in 1926, she was sent to become a governess at the home of a widowed retired Austrian Navy Captain, Georg Ritter von Trapp, with seven children from his first wife, Agathe Gobertina Whitehead, oldest Rupert Von Trapp (1911 – 1992), Agathe Johanna Erwina Von Trapp (1913 – 2010), Werner Von Trapp (1915 – 2007), Hedwig Von Trapp (1917 – 1972), Johanna Von Trapp (1919 – 1994) and Martina Von Trapp Dupire (1921 – 1951). At the end of his sermon, she grabbed his elbow demanding, “Do you believe all this?” They got together afterwards to discuss religion, and soon she converted to Christianity. Caught up in the crowd so that she couldn’t leave, she soon found herself caught up in his words. Her attitude changed while in college, when she entered a crowded church believing she was about to hear a Bach concert, only to find that it was a sermon by a visiting Jesuit priest, Father Kronseder. Jill-Christine Wiley, who played the lead role of Maria Rainer, was exquisite in all her scenes, from being with the nuns at the Nonnberg Abbey to teaching the von Trapp children about music and, of course, falling in love with Captain George von Trapp.Her father left her with a cousin, so that he could travel, and she was raised as a socialist and atheist, becoming cynical towards all religions. The entire cast were phenomenal in their abilities as theater performers and singers, belting out one amazing note after the next without ever missing a beat. Wiley dancing with Trevor Martin who played Captain George von Trapp in ‘The Sound of Music.’ With an evening show every day except Monday and an additional afternoon show on the weekends, fans have been flocking to and selling out NMACC to hear classics such as “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” “Edelweiss,” the titular song and more.ĭirected by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien, the nearly three-hour program was stunning with its sensational production from the props to the lights, costumes and most importantly sound, ably bringing a world-class show to Indian shores. The show launched on May 3rd and will run on until June 4th at NMACC’s The Grand Theatre, which holds a capacity audience of 2,000 people. Although the 1965 musical drama film The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer is hugely popular amongst Indian audiences, for the first time ever, the award-winning Broadway musical made its way to our shores courtesy of the newly opened Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre ( NMACC) in Mumbai.
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